Chayabrita

📌 Book Details:

• Author: Samaresh Majumdar
• Genre: Novel
• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9788177567021
• Pages: 156
• Weight: 271 grams

📚 About the Book:

🔹 Chayabrita is a captivating story of Bengali expatriates in America.
🔹 The protagonist, Ahona Amin, a woman from Dhaka, moves to New York after divorcing her husband. She lives with her 16-year-old daughter, Trina, and owns a three-story house, renting out two floors.
🔹 Ahona partners in a business with her old friend Liton, whose wife Meena is focused on physical pleasures rather than emotions.
🔹 The novel explores the struggles of first-generation immigrants, contrasting them with their children, who identify more as American than Bengali.
🔹 Amidst these conflicts, a tragic event unfolds—Ahona is brutally murdered by Trina’s boyfriend, leading Swpna, another immigrant, to reevaluate her dreams of the American life.
🔹 Chayabrita presents a realistic and emotional portrayal of the Bengali diaspora, their dreams, disillusionments, and cultural conflicts.

💡 Key Themes:
✔ The immigrant experience and cultural clash
✔ The illusion of the American Dream
✔ Mother-daughter conflict over identity
✔ Crime, loss, and emotional turmoil

🖋 About the Author: Samaresh Majumdar

• Born: March 10, 1944
• Early Life: Grew up in the tea gardens of Dooars, studied at Jalpaiguri Zilla School
• Education:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Bengali from Scottish Church College
  • Master’s degree from University of Calcutta
• Literary Career:
  • First story published in Desh magazine (1967)
  • First novel, Dour, published in Desh (1975)
  • Notable works include Kalbela, Kalpurush, Uttaradhikar, Satkahon, Boro Paap He, Ujaan Ganga
• Awards:
  • Ananda Puraskar (1982)
  • Sahitya Akademi Award (1984) for Kalbela
  • Multiple film and literary awards for Dour

📖 Chayabrita is a must-read for those interested in diaspora stories, blending crime, emotions, and cultural identity struggles in a deeply engaging narrative